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I don't disagree with you about the mechanics, and some of their emergent consequences. But I think I do disagree a bit about how much...

Yeah, I haven't been following all of this rules/no rules discussion, but the idea that we're not rolling the dice, so we're not...

There is no central activity of playing a roleplaying game. We don't play "a roleplaying game" we play specific games with specific...

I think it is playing a roleplaying game because there are still rules, a structure of play and defined roles. The rules and mechanics...

I don't like mayonnaise and I don't like headaches, doesn't mean they are the same thing

I'm just spit-balling here, but maybe we could even come up with some labels for these different things. Like maybe the first could be...

It seems to me that there may be a profitable distinction to be made between: 1. We are creating story with planned direction - 'OK in...

Yes. I've been saying this a lot - most recently in multiple posts across two threads; but on these boards for 15+ years! Trying to...

Then possibly you'd care to give your definition? As well as your definition of "story mechanics". Mine considers e.g. most Adventure...

I only have a very general sense of Daggerheart, know Honey Heist by name and that's it, and have heard of Crash Pandas for the first...

I'm not being obtuse here. I can think of games with what I'd call "Story mechanics" (Fiasco springs to mind). But what I would think...

The multiple layers of resilience reminds me a bit of Agon 2e. Though the Ironsworn systems is more intricate, I think. I haven't tried...

So two members of my longtime gaming group needed a game for our Monday night session via Discord when another game was placed on hold...

What exactly do you call "story mechanics"? And why do you think the games I've listed have them?

Again, I don't know what you mean by "story focused mechanic". The games that @Neonchameleon and I were talking about were Burning Wheel...